ὑψίπυλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὕψῐ (húpsi, “on high”) +‎ πύλος (púlos, “gate”), an alternative form of πύλη (púlē, “one wing of a pair of double gates”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hyp.sí.py.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ypˈsi.py.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ypˈsi.py.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ypˈsi.py.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ipˈsi.pi.los/

Adjective

ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλος • (hupsípulos) m, f (neuter ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον); second declension

with high gates
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.6
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.16
- 416 BCE, Euripides, Herakles 1030
- 500 BCE – 400 BCE, Bacchylides, Collected Works 8.46

Declension

Second declension of ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλος; ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλος hupsípulos	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον hupsípulon	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hupsipúlō	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hupsipúlō	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλοι hupsípuloi	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλᾰ hupsípula
Genitive	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λου hupsipúlou	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λου hupsipúlou	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοιν hupsipúloin	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοιν hupsipúloin	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λων hupsipúlōn	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λων hupsipúlōn
Dative	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λῳ hupsipúlōi	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λῳ hupsipúlōi	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοιν hupsipúloin	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοιν hupsipúloin	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοις hupsipúlois	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοις hupsipúlois
Accusative	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον hupsípulon	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον hupsípulon	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hupsipúlō	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hupsipúlō	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λους hupsipúlous	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλᾰ hupsípula
Vocative	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλε hupsípule	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον hupsípulon	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hupsipúlō	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hupsipúlō	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλοι hupsípuloi	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλᾰ hupsípula
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λως hupsipúlōs		ῠ̔ψῐπῠλώτερος hupsipulṓteros		ῠ̔ψῐπῠλώτᾰτος hupsipulṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη (Hupsipúlē)

References

ὑψίπυλος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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